Oil on canvas
2022
Oil on canvas
2022
Oil on canvas
2022
Oil on canvas
2022
Oil on canvas
2022
What does the life of an introvert look like? There is a constant emphasis on the importance of a collective consciousness in society, which makes the role of the introvert a special one, and there is a prejudice against introverts, as if introverts are necessarily 'misfits', as if they are necessarily flawed in character. In fact, the difference between introverts and extroverts is simply a difference in the dimension of energy they receive, the former from internal reflection and introspection, the latter from external feedback and communication. Introverts spend a lot of time in their own safe space and naturally develop an emotional bond with the things around them, which are like family to them, warm and supportive, holding many secrets and memories. In the room where the 'social mask' is removed, the little girl is truly herself, her emotions shifted in a subtle connection to an object, a respite from the fast pace of the world.
2023
2023
21-22/11/23
Safehouse 2
London, UK
This work consists of three "dials" cut into the shape of skulls, each of which is a room where the iconic "little girl"hides. With the continuous ticking of the clock echoing in the small exhibition hall, the feeling of time passing and the closed psychological space form a double metaphor.
In the exhibition (Loitering&Loafing) design, the empty chairs deliberately placed on the left extend the fictional space in the dial to the real world, and the similarity of the wall color and the picture tone further strengthens the interweaving of the virtual and real worlds. Through the overall construction of three dimensions of modeling language (the combination of skull and room), sound (amplified clock sound) and space design (the chair and wall color), my exploration of the psychological shelter for introverts continues. I hope that the audience can have an immersive experience when entering this space.
2024
This is an empty room that is tiled into six squares, surrounded by some Chinese characters.
The Chinese characters are mostly nouns for the objects you can see in the room, such as "wall", "book", "sofa", "petal", "umbrella", "carpet", "curtain", etc. And the sounds you hear, such as "the bell rang four times in the distance", "a bird flapped its wings on the branch", and at the bottom of the image it says "Ants crawled through the cracks in the floor tiles in the tenth row and seventeenth column. Is anyone home?"
When a person stays in a room for a long time, some details of all the daily objects around him will be infinitely magnified, which I also mentioned in the research paper. The slight sound in the distance will also become very clear. All the listed objects and sounds show his inner activities when he is alone in a closed room for a long period of time.
Using Chinese characters in the work can also form a so-called barrier, because in the current environment, Chinese characters are regarded as a foreign language by most viewers. I can express my emotions in the language system I am familiar with while putting a "mask" on my "narration".
chairs covered by clothes
2025
On the basis of the original painting, I added the element of the chair covered with clothes, which increased the visual oppression of the whole work and reflected the pressure brought to the little girl by the gaze of the outside world.
In my previous works, the image of the little girl always actively wanted to hide in the room, but in this painting, the little girl's body fills the entire space, and her curled body is squeezed by the room that she regards as a safe area. The transformation is already happening, and she is beginning to want to break away from her comfort zone.
At the same time, compared to this small painting, the huge chairs symbolizing the crowd in society are blocking her in front of her and staring at her, leaving her with no way out. She is caught in a dilemma, wanting to step out of comfort, but the ubiquitous gaze from the outside world is putting great pressure on her.
122*91cm
2025
This work marks an important turning point in the "Little Girl and Room" series. The figure in the work appears for the first time on an open balcony --- a transitional space, still maintaining the defensive posture of crouching in the past, with the open blue sky and grass extending in front of her. The doors in the outdoor scene symbolize heavy inner shackles, suggesting the difficulty of crossing the comfort zone while representing both "retreat" and "choice". The heavy curtains on both sides of the picture hang down stiffly, neither completely closed nor completely open, accurately materializing her psychological state at the moment - between retreat and yearning, fixed by invisible contradictions. This transitional space becomes a concrete witness to the inner transformation.
The character sits in the center of a wooden board that extends to the outside world. This transitional structure is both a component of the balcony floor and a performance area that extends to the outside world. The large eye that appears in the sky symbolizes the external projection of the character's inner anxiety.
The shadow cast in the room behind the doors is a very important visual element --- it is a deep mark left by the character's long stay. When the bright sky blue and grass green tones gradually integrate into the picture, they form a sharp contrast with the stubborn shadows, suggesting the continuous struggle between the open outside world and the memory of the closed space. The evolution of this visual language presents the complex transformation process from closed to open.
11*13*19cm
2025
29/01/25
The Good Rice gallery
London, UK
In this work "Read Me", the image of the "little girl" is transformed into a chair with closed eyes, marking the change of her psychological state. The "support" attribute of the chair implies her inner stability, while the book that is opened in her hands becomes the external carrier of her psychological content, symbolizing that she actively shows her inner world to the outside world. This transformation continues the psychological development from closed (room), transition (balcony) to open (book) in my series of works.
During the creation process, I burned the edges of each page of this "book" with fire, leaving natural scorch marks on the fabric, which are like the imperfect but unique marks that exist on everyone. But I deliberately dyed the two unfolded pages into symmetrical patterns, symbolizing that a certain balance can be maintained in chaos.
The outer shell of the book is made very hard, and it is wrapped with a layer of hollow lace fabric. This also reflects the current mentality of the "little girl": although a protective shell is built, it is no longer completely closed.
185*78.5cm
2025
The theme of this oil painting revolves around "the shelf in my heart", reintegrating the core elements of the previous series of creations. The shelf in the picture can be roughly divided into four independent sections. Each section continues the theme image of "room", but maintains its own narrative logic. The composition of the shelf itself carries the meaning of organization and display, and the four sections present the multiple aspects of the inner world.
Section 1 of the painting depicts an empty interior scene, seemingly peaceful but filled with “human-shaped” shadows. These vague figures continue the series’ exploration of the theme of “gaze”, suggesting that invisible external gazes are always present.
Section 2 contains my inner fantasy of happiness. It is a microcosm of the innocence in the outside world. The paintings in this part are more like children's graffiti, reflecting its unreality.
Section 3 presents a metaphorical scene of a puppet factory. The hands wrapped with strings in the first row of rooms imply the process of social discipline shaping individuals - we constantly create various puppets (personality masks) to deal with different occasions.
Section 4 presents the image of a self curled up in a small space. The static posture seems to be both self-protection and thinking about the confinement of oneself in this closed state.